Seth Meyers got out from behind the "SNL: Weekend Update" desk last July to emcee the ESPY Awards on ESPN.
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December 9, 2010

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"Saturday Night Live" head writer Seth Meyers, who anchors the program's satirical "Weekend Update" segment, has been picked to host the 2011 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in April. The high-profile event, part gala and part presidential roast, is a closely watched showcase of political humor and, while Meyers is no stranger to the live-event dais, having previously hosted the ESPY Awards on ESPN, experience alone won't guarantee success. One commentator called Jay Leno's performance last year a "comic disaster." Is Meyers the right funny man for the job?

He'll be fine if walks a fine line: Some previous hosts have been criticized for being "too edgy," says Patrick Gavin in Politico, like Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert who mercilessly skewered George W. Bush in 2006. Others, such as Rich Little who stepped in a year later, were dismissed as "too tame." Clearly, the secret to pleasing this "picky crowd" is to position your humor "somewhere in between the two extremes.""Seth Meyers to head WHCA Dinner"